Kerala Style Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 11/2 Kg
2. Basmati Rice - 1 Kg
3. Curd- 2 tbsp
4. Onion - 8 No cut lengthwise
5. Onion Shallots - 15 No
6. Ginger- big Piece
7. Garlic- 10 pods
8. Tomato -3
9. Coriander Leaves Chopped- 1 Cup
10. Mint Leaves chopped - 1/2 Cup
11. Garam Masala- 2 tsp
12. Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp
13. Pepper Powder- 1 tsp
14. Chilly Powder- 3 tsp
15. Green Chilly- 2 No
16. Grated  coconut- 1/4 Cup
17. Lemon Juice- 2 tbsp
18. Ghee
19. Oil to Fry
20. Cinnamon-4
21. Cloves-5
22. Bay Leaves
23. Cardamon-10
24. Cashew Nuts - 20
25. Raisins-10

For Marinade

1. Chilly powder-1tsp

2. Turmeric powder-1tsp

3. Pepper powder-1/2tsp

4. Curd-1tbsp

5. Salt-to taste

6. Garam masala powder-1tsp

How to Cook

A ) Chicken

1. Mix all the ingredients for marination along with chicken in a bowl.Keep aside for 1 hour.

2.  Heat  oil in a pan.Fry the marinated chicken pieces ( till 3/4th ).

3.  Drain and keep aside

B) Rice

1. Wash the rice.

2. Add cloves,cinnamon,and cardamom to the water and boil it.

3. To the boiling water ,add rice and allow it to cook(3/4 only)

4. When rice is ¾ th cooked, add ½ tsp ghee and lemon juice into it.

5. Switch off the gas and drain the rice and keep aside.

C)  Frying

1. Fry cashew nuts ,raisins and keep it aside.

2. In a pan fry grated coconut(till light brown)and keep it aside.

3. In a Pan  heat oil and add sliced big onion and fry till it become golden colour.Drain and keep aside .

4. Mix all the fried items( cashew nuts, raisins, coconut , +onion fry ) together .Keep  it aside

D) Gravy

1. Crush small onion,green chilly ,ginger ,garlic together . In a big kadai heat oil and add this mix and fry it till light brown

2. Add sliced big onion to the kadai and saute till onion turn light brown.

3. Add tomato , chilly powder, garam masala, turmeric powder to the above mixture one by one and saute well.

4. Add 1/2cup of mint leaves +coriander leaves +2tsp curd.Stir well.

5. To the mixture add  ( C)  fried Cashew nuts, raisins, grated coconut , sliced big onion.

6. Add fried chicken and small amount of water to this.Mix well and cook till the chicken gets soften . When the gravy appears to be dark brown colour and the chicken get soften turn off the gas.

E)Bake the rice with chicken.

1. Take a big vessel and grease it with ghee.Then at the bottom of the vessel add rice, then add chicken with gravy and go on doing this alternatively till the rice and the gravy gets over.

2. Garnish with  Coriander leaves .

3. Close the vessel with a tight lid.

4.  Double boil the mixture for 20 minutes.